Thinking of Openeing a Basic eBay store.... | Auctiva

johudMember

So I sell about 1-10 items per month, I am not doing this for a living but enjoy dabbling in it. Would I be better off opening an eBay store?

I had heard that store items do not show up in regular eBay searches, is that correct?

I will say finding the actual costs for listing fees in regular auctions seem to be hidden, as I can not find them. But the store lisitng fees seem reasonable at $0.03 per item between $1 and $24.00.

Is the FVF cheaper if you have a store?

Also, just looking for any general advice. Thanks guys for any advice you offer.

1/13/097:20 PM

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member8880Member

Here's a basic Ebay fee schedule

http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html

I wouldn't open a store unless I had a hundred or so items at fixed price. Store items are hard to find, auctions are much more likely to show up in a search.

selling4aliving42272Member

ebcalc.com will give you a clear idea of the difference.

You may want to look through the other posts before making your decision. The ebay fees has driven most of us away.

selling4aliving42272Member

Fees and the fact that they have taken just about everything away and basically have my hands behind my back and at the mercy of buyers.

dsouthMember

Save yourself a lot of time, money and aggravation and try ebid instead.

californiadreaminMember

Since this forum is on Auctiva, I say open an Auctiva Commerce store when they open up for business!

otherworldMember

can a person list on ebid thru auctiva?

dsouthMember

quote:
Originally posted by otherworld:
can a person list on ebid thru auctiva?

No, not yet anyway.

choochooguyMember

They'd better be high value items if you are thinking of selling only 1 to 10 a month, but watch out for the FVF's

oohsuitusirMember

If you copy the HTML it will list on EBID but auctiva has links mentioning EBAY so its a pain to find them and delete.

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